SEOUL, Jul. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — More foreigners have shown interest in visiting South Korea’s southeastern port city of Busan, industry data showed Wednesday, amid the government’s efforts to pursue balanced regional tourism growth. According to the data from Skyscanner, an online site that compares trip prices, the number of searches for a round-trip ticket [...]

SEOUL, Jul. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — One-day tours for foreign tourists organized by the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) have proven to be popular for international visitors to Korea whose main purpose of visit is for medical treatment. The KTO revealed yesterday that 92 percent of the program’s participants said that they were satisfied with the [...]

SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Most international tourists who visit South Korea via foreign cruise ships want to experience venues of tradition and history on their next visit to the country. This is according to a survey carried out by the Korean Tourism Organization targeting over 2,000 foreign tourists and 300 crew members who [...]

SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A visit to South Korea’s heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) was picked as the most popular tour destination among foreign visitors, a study showed Wednesday. According to the study by the Korea Tourism Organization, a half-day visit to the DMZ area was the most popular tour picked by foreigners [...]

SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Foreign tourists arrivals in South Korea are expected to surpass a record high of 17 million people this year on the back of a sharp increase in Chinese tourists, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said Monday. The number of foreign tourists to South Korea fell 6.8 percent [...]

SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of foreigners who visited South Korea in the first 10 months of this year jumped 33.1 percent from a year ago, breaking the previous record high in 2014, the state-run tourism agency said Monday. A total of 14.59 million foreigners visited the nation in the January-October period, [...]

SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) -Taxies and call-vans that rip off foreign tourists or issue fake receipts are increasingly being caught. After police cracked down on the illegal acts of taxies and call-vans, 139 cases were reported and 19 drivers were arrested and face criminal charges. The others will face administrative penalties from local governments. [...]

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